Coke bin and chute.



No. 876,459. A y PATBNTED JAN. 14, 156s.

G. F. HUET; COKE BIN AND'GHUTE.

APPLICATIONl FILED NOY. I5, 1904.

Hun'r, a citizen of th .improved construction of bin an UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFIoE.

GEORGE FLETCH E R 'H URT, 0F

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COKE BIN AND CHUTE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that United States, residing 1n Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coke (Ihutes, of which the following tion.

This invention relatesv to coke bins vand chutes and it has for an object to rovide an il) chute bv which the coke in passing from the binfis cleared of all dust and other small particles.

Other objects andadvantages will appear in the following description and will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of a portion oi one of a series of bins and chutes. Fig. .2` is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are respectively\ top plan, side elevation, and a trans,- verse section of an end of one of the bars forming a portion of the bottom of the bin, and Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation of one of the bars forming the bottoni of the chute.

Referring more particularly to the drawis a specifica ings, 7 and 7t indicate the sloped or inclined converging bottom walls of the bin and S indicates the vertical side walls. Near the point where the converging bottoni walls meet, one of theni is provided with a series of slots 9 extending transversely to the slope completely across it. These slots gradually increase in width from their tops to their bottoms. The portion of the bottom providedl with the slots, 9, is formed from a series of bars 10 of inverted cuneal Iross section, having ilat upper faces which comprise a relatively large part ofthe screening area of said bottom portion; and integral spacing members 11 at each end. These bars are arranged parallel on. the beams of the bin with theirflat upper faces in alinement, and abut one another at their ends, being held throughout their length by bolts 13, which what I claim and desire some vof the Patent is:

also. pass through' openings in bars 10. The other inclined wallv 7 a of the bottoni of th'el bin, is provided gate 14, operated in any suitable manner controlling the discharge opening 15 of the bin. Leading'frorn the discharge opening is a chute 1.6, the botto1n`of which is in aline- Specication of Letters Patent. Application filed November l5.

- l nient with l, GEORGE FLETCHER ,l which 1t forms a continuation'.

Bins and I 9 in the or other device 21,

with a sliding l walls, having and said walls, `the other Patented Jan. 14, 1908. 1904. serai No. 232.907.

the slotted wall of the bin, of This chute greater portion of its bottom proslotted openings 17 transverse Ato the xnovernent of the coke and like the slots wall of the bin, formed bybars 18 which differ from the bars 10, only in bein shorter and in having their ends provide with seats 19. The chute bars are. held in place by strips 19?.

Disposed below and common'to the transverse lslots in the chute 16 and in the wall 7, is a hopper 20, which delivers on a conve er the dust and other ne dirt passino' from the bin and chute. Coke is deliverei into the bin and is discharged through the chute 16 into a vehicle Ao1" any kind, a charging buggy being shown in the drawings. The slots being transverse to the travel of the coke and extending over g tion of the bin on'the inside of the ate and a portion of the'chute on the outsi e ofthe gate, each piece of coke must pass over an opening, and in doin Y so, is caused 'to rotate and clear itself of, all dust. Small.. articles of coke and other matter will also rated from the larger coke, and, as the slots are smaller attheir tops than at .their bottoms, said separated matter will pass completely through the slots and not clog them. The top surfaces of the bars all aline or are in the saine inclined plane and therefore do not catch coke between them to discharge of the other pieces. struction, moreover, serves to reduce largely, the breakage of the coke in its passage over the grate bars. The bars are soshaped that spacing blocks are not re uired and as they rest upon beams of the binand the series vareheld. at each end by a single strip, re-

pairs may be uickly and easily made.

The embodiment herein shown and described is for the purpose of illustration only and therefore 'I desire it to be understood I may lmake any changes within the claim without de- Having thus described my invention,`

to secure by Letters In a coke bin, the combination of two a discharge opening in' one of of said walls comprisin a plurality of parallel bars of inverted cunea cross-section, extending transversely to the slope of the wall and having their broad uper surfeoes in the same plane, Spacing mem-I tinuation thereof; and a. hopper common to `10 ers on each end of each of the several bars the slots n the bin wall and the chute. ,f and integral therewith in such manner as to The foregoing specification signed at At-V form slots enlarglmgfbackgardly ronllldthe lante, Ga., this seventh day of Nov., 1904. v5l screen sur 'aoet us orme a ate s' ing v 1 Y within the first named Wall orgoontrollng GEO' FLETQHER 'UURT the' discharge Yof the coke; n, transversely Y In presence of* slotted chute disposed' in the same inclined J. B. JACOWAY, plfane as theslotted wall and-forming a eon- WM. H. FULTON. 

